JPH07215338A - Device and method to collect package and perform packaging, and application method for said device and packaging system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To collect and store used empty packages for reuse by a method wherein several side parts out of several side parts groups are made foldable toward the outside so as to be separated from a collecting container, and the collecting container is removed from an apparatus laterally or at the front face. CONSTITUTION: With one of two detachable connecting parts connecting side parts 2, 3 or 5, 6 respectively in an easily removable or detachable mode removed, the side parts 2, 3 or 5, 6 are opened, being folded up, and one side of an apparatus 10 is opened. As a filled-up collecting container 20 is already arranged on a pallet 7, the container 20 can be easily taken out sideways out of the apparatus 10 and carried for shipment by a forklift truck. A packaging system comprising of the apparatus 10 and the collecting container 20 can be used even though packages to be collected are not adaptable to the collecting container 20.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention includes several upright side pieces which, when placed upright outside a collection container, delimit the space in which the collection container is housed and also Device for holding a low-rigidity collection container for collecting and packaging reusable package for surrounding filter tow, use of this device, method for collecting and packaging reusable package for filter tow , And the corresponding packaging system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art To manufacture a filter, for example, a filter for a cigarette with a filter, a so-called filter tow packaged in a bale shape in a corresponding package is used. The package can be used as a reusable package that is recycled for reuse by the filter tow maker. Such packages can be made from low-rigidity materials, such as synthetic fabrics, especially polypropylene, polyethylene and polyester fabrics, paper or synthetic films, so that the package without contents can be crushed and made smaller.

However, such recycling of the package is such that if the package is handled properly after the contents in the package have been removed, for example, particularly reusable packages can be collected, stored and filtered in a suitable manner. Guaranteed only if recycled to the manufacturer.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the invention is therefore to develop the initially mentioned device or another technical proposal, so that the advantageous possibility of collecting and storing empty packages arises. Especially.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION This problem comprises several upright side parts which, when upright outside the collection container, delimit a space for containing the collection container. A device for holding and holding a low-rigidity collection container for collecting and packaging a reusable package for filter tow, which encloses the collection container, the upright side of the collection container There is provided a holding device connected to the side parts for fastening to the side parts, the side parts being divided into one or several side part groups, and the side parts in each of the side part groups. Part parts are pivotally attached, and side parts of one or several side part groups are pivotally connected, which is why some parts of one or several side part groups are The side parts are A foldable toward the outside so as to be separated from Na, thus has to be able to remove the collecting container from the device at the side or front, it is solved by a device for holding a collection container.

A further object of the invention is a device for holding a collecting container of the type described above, which comprises one or several upright side parts which, when placed upright on the outside of the collecting container. Demarcates the space to house the collection container, encloses the collection container, or stands upright in the collection container, demarcates the maximum amount of space within the collection container, and is placed so that it is surrounded by the collection container. , An apparatus further comprising a holding device connected to the side piece for fastening the collecting container to the upright side piece.

The device thus comprises one or several upright side parts which, when placed upright outside the collecting container, delimit the space for containing the collecting container and also To enclose the container or to stand upright in the collection container, to demarcate the maximum amount of space within the collection container, to be placed so that it is surrounded by the collection container, and for fastening the collection container to the upright side parts. A holding device connected to the side part of the. The collecting container comprises a bottom part, a center part and a top part, the bottom part being fixedly or removably connected to the center part, the top part resting on the center part so as to close the collecting container. It is possible,
The central part comprises a fastening device for attaching the collecting container to the device according to the invention. The fastening device can also act as a connecting device for connecting the upper part and the central part.

More generally, the present invention provides the idea of collecting empty or obsolete packages for filter tow in a device that is unfolded for collection so as to store and recycle empty packages. It is based on. The possibility of collecting, storing and recycling reusable packages for such filter tow
Generally realized where empty packages are stacked, for example in a cigarette maker's factory, and thus when the contents of the package are filter tows.

The device according to the invention comprises one or several upright side parts, ie wall parts, which, when placed upright outside the collection container, delimit the space for housing the collection container. Define and enclose the collection container, or demarcate the maximum volume of the collection container and be surrounded by the collection container so that other empty packages can be collected, stored and recycled within the collection container. , Placed in a collection container. The device according to the invention further comprises a holding device which is arranged on the side part and serves to fasten the collecting container to the upright side part so that the collecting container does not collapse.
The side parts of the device or frame are preferably flared so that they can be folded. When the device is unused or not transported, the relatively bulky side parts can be stored or transported in a folded condition. The side parts according to the present invention can be expanded like a frame structure, so that they are corresponding (linked).
Equipped with a bar. The side pieces or corresponding frames can be pivotally attached to adjacent side pieces or frames to form a collapsible side piece group or frame group.

Joints that can be placed or fastened in and out of the frame structure or side parts can be hinges.

The material forming the device (frame structure) can be, for example, metal, synthetic material or wood. The device is preferably constructed from lightweight materials such as aluminum, thin steel pipes or synthetic materials. This frame structure is a "tent bar" (with separate bars connected by springs or the like)
It can also be manufactured with a bar, like.

The side pieces are unrolled to accommodate the shape and size of the collection container. Therefore, for cubic collection containers, it is preferable to use right angle side pieces or corresponding frames.

Fastening the collecting container to the device can be done, for example, by a hook-and-loop tape (so-called velcro) connection or a clamp connection, or on the upper edge of the device on top of the central part of the collecting container. It can also be done by simply rotating the edge. However, other removable types of fittings are possible, such as snap fastener fittings and the like. When using Velcro fittings, the area of the top edge of the device or the area of the top edge of the collection container should be provided so that the collection container can be easily assembled in the equipment and the collection container can be kept open. With corresponding segments of Velcro material as holding or fastening devices. However, these segments are preferably glued to the top of the device and thus the top edge.

The collection container has a bottom part, a center part,
A removable top part, the bottom part being fixedly or removably connected to the central part, the top part being able to rest on the central part so as to close the collecting container. The central part comprises a velcro strip that allows the collection container to be fastened within the device. Fastening device However, it is preferable to use only one velcro, which extends around the outside of the entire central part and in the region of the upper edge of the central part of the collecting container.

The collection container is preferably constructed of synthetic fabric, in particular synthetic fabric of polypropylene, polyethylene or polyester. The collection container can also consist of paper or synthetic film.

The apparatus according to the present invention is used with a collection container to collect and store a package for filter tow that is the same as or different from the collection container.

Thus, within the scope of the present invention, not only the filter tow package, but the collection container itself is reused. Moreover, the present invention can basically function to package a material similar to filter tow.

A method according to the invention for collecting and packaging a reusable package for a filter tow comprises the steps of erecting the device for holding the collecting container and housing the collecting container within the device. Or housing the device in a collection container, then attaching the collection container to the device so as to hold the collection container open, and collecting the package in the collection container.

Thus, the collection container can be used within the device or the device can be contained within the collection container.

In a particular embodiment according to the invention, the device is mounted around the pallet or the device is upright on the pallet. The filled collection container is preferably closed.

A packaging system according to the invention for collecting and packaging reusable packages for filter tow comprises a device and a collecting container, the device being adapted to hold the collecting container.

Other advantages and features of the invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of the embodiments of the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0023]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT As shown in the drawings, an apparatus 10 according to the present invention.
One embodiment comprises two side part groups A and B. These two groups are shown in a completely upright position in the drawing. The first side part group A consists of side parts 1, 2 and 6. The side parts 2 and 6 which are shorter than the area occupied by these parts are in each case approximately half the size of the side part 1. The illustrated device 10 has a short side piece 2 when in the upright position.
And 6 are arranged at right angles on the long side part 1. The side parts 2 and 6 are pivotally attached to the long side part 1 so that when the side part group A is folded, they can be folded in the direction of the arrow in the drawing and then in the folded state the long side part is folded. Put on the parts.

The second side part group B is manufactured in the same manner as the first side part group A, includes the long side part 4, and is manufactured in the same manner as the long side part 1 of the first side part group A. A long side part 4 and two short side parts 3 and 5 manufactured in the same way as the side parts 4 and 2 of the first side part group A. In the case of the second side part group B, the short side parts 3 and 5 are arranged at right angles over the long side part 4 and this device or side part group B
In the upright position, it is pivotally attached to the long side piece 4.

Furthermore, two of the side parts 2, 3 or 5, 6 can be folded or unfolded (for example in the direction of the arrow (foldable)) so that they are lateral, ie The device 10 is opened to remove the collection container 20 from the device 10 at the front.

The device 10, ie side part groups A and B, is manufactured like a frame structure with corresponding frame bars. The long side part 1 has 2 of the same length
Two corner bars 11 and 13 or rods, a bottom bar 12 and a top edge bar 14 are rigidly connected to each other so that when the device 10 is in an upright position, the bottom bar 12 will allow the device 10 to stand on its own. It is placed on the bottom, that is, on the ground. These two corner bars 11 and 13, the bottom bar 12 and the top edge bar 14 form a right angle frame with each other. In order to stabilize the frame formed from the side part 1 in this way, the oblique stay 15 is provided in the frame structure of the side part 1.
Is firmly installed. The short side part 2 comprises a short top edge bar 18, a short bottom bar 16 of the same length as the short top edge bar 18, and a bar 26 of the same length as the corner bar 13 of the side part 1 as well as the bar 17. . The bars 26 are connected to corresponding joints 27, which are unrolled together with the corner bars 13 of the side part 1 like hinges arranged on the outside. Top edge bar 18, bar 17, short bottom bar 16 and bar 2
6 forms a right-angled frame. The frame is stabilized by the reinforcing bar 19.

The second short side piece 6 of the side piece group A is manufactured in the same way as the side piece 2, so that
No further explanation is given here. Side parts 3, 4 and 5
The second side part group B consisting of essentially consists of the first
Manufactured in the same manner as side part group A. In particular, the side parts 1 and 4 or the short side parts 3 and 2 or 5 and 6 correspond to each other. Therefore, the second side parts group B
The detailed description of the structure of the side parts 3 to 5 will be omitted. If the side parts 2 and 3 or 5 and 6 come into contact,
The reinforcing bars 19 of the short side parts 2, 3 or 5 and 6 are manufactured in the corresponding side parts so that they make an acute angle with the upper edge bars of 2 and 3 or 5 and 6 on the short parts. It At the location where the bars 17 of the short side parts 2 and 3 or 5 and 6 come into contact, the corresponding side parts 2 and 3 or 5 and 6 are detachable, ie, easily separable (arrows), when the device is upright correctly. (See Separable)), removable connecting means for connecting the corresponding side parts 2 and 3 or 5 and 6 can be provided. This connection means (not shown) can be manufactured, for example, as a hook-eye connection, a screw connection or the like. This connector allows the two side part groups A and B to be easily separated or removed so that the device 10 can be easily assembled and disassembled.

At the upper edge bars 14 and 18 of the side parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, a commercially available magic (Velcro) tape 10 is attached as a holding device.

In the accompanying drawings, the collection container 20 is a device 1
0 is shown in a disassembled state and is a continuous bottom part 2
1, a central part 22 (collar part) fixedly or removably connected to the bottom part 21 and an upper part 25 which can be placed on the upper edge of the central part 22 so as to close the collecting container 20. . Central part 22
A commercially available Velcro tape 23 is attached to the outside of the collecting container 20 as a fastening means surrounding the collecting container 20 in the region of the upper edge 24. Collection container 20
Is a reusable container, such as can be used to package filter tow. Collection container 20
Consists essentially of synthetic fabric, the stiffness of which is relatively low such that the collection container 20 collapses without the corresponding reinforcement and support by the device 10.

In order to collect and store the reusable empty package for the filter tow, corresponding to the collecting container 20, the apparatus is upright and the side parts A and B as follows.
Is assumed to be folded in each case.

The side part group A is erected and the short side parts 2 and 6 are assembled. Then, the side part group A is erected upright around the (wooden) pallet 7 previously installed. Then, in the same way, the second side parts group B
To handle. This group is upright, especially above the bottom bar, and then the side piece 3 is separated from the side piece 4.
Assemble 5 and 5. A side part group B is also arranged around the pallet 7 so that the periphery of the pallet 7 is surrounded by the device 10, ie its side parts 1-6. Then, to improve the stability of the device 10, for example the bar 1
The two side part groups A and B are connected at the locations where they abut one another at 7. Bottom part 21 of the collection container 20
The reusable collection container 20 is inserted into the device 10 assembled in this way so that it rests on the pallet 7. Next, the collection container 20 is attached to the side parts 1 to 6 of the apparatus 10.
Attach the collection container 20 using the Velcro tape 23 on the Velcro tape 30 on the upper edge bar of the
The device 10 and the collection container 20 are connected with Velcro. Thus, the collection container 20 is held and fastened in the apparatus 10 so that the collection container 20 is held in the open state.

Next, empty packages can be easily collected in a collection container 20 held within the apparatus 10. This allows empty packages to be stored without having to open the collection container 20 each time. This makes collection and packaging of empty packages much easier.

After filling the collecting container 20, the device 10
It is possible to remove the velcro tape 23 of the collecting container 20 from the velcro tape 30 and thus fix the upper part 25 on the filled collecting container 20 and close it. Removable side parts 2 and 3 or 5 and 6
Alternatively, removing one of the two detachable connections, which are easily and separably connected, leaves the side parts 2 and 3 or 5 and 6 in the folded and open state, so that the device 1
0 has one side open.

The filled collection container 20 is a pallet 7
As already located above, this container can be easily removed laterally from the device 10 by, for example, a forklift and transported for shipping.

The packaging system comprising the device 10 and the collecting container 20 can be used even when the package to be collected does not correspond to the collecting container 20.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic, partially perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention in which the device is upright around a pallet to accommodate a collection container.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A, B side part group 1-6 side part 10 container holding device 20 collection container 30 holding device

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[Submission date] January 10, 1995

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be corrected] Drawing

[Correction target item name] All drawings

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Claims (22)

[Claims] 1. A number of upright side pieces which, when upright outside the collection container, delimit a space for containing the collection container and surround the collection container. A device for collecting and packaging a reusable package for a filter tow, which holds a low-rigidity collecting container, wherein the upright side parts (1-6) are 20) is provided with a holding device (30) connected to the side parts (1-6), the side parts (1, 2, 6; 3, 4, 5) being Is divided into one or several side part groups (A, B), and the side parts (1, 2, 6; 3,
4, 5) are pivoted, and side parts (1, 2, 6; 3, 4, 5) of one or several side part groups (A, B) are pivoted For this reason, one or several side parts groups (A,
Several side parts (2, 3; 5, 6) of B) are foldable outwards away from the collection container (20) and thus the device (1
A device for holding a collection container adapted to be able to remove the collection container (20) from (0). 2. A device for holding a low-rigidity collection container (20) for collecting and packaging reusable packages for filter tow, capable of one side piece or several uprights. Including side parts (1-6),
When these parts stand upright outside the collection container (20), they delimit a space for containing the collection container (20) and surround the collection container (20) or stand upright inside the collection container (20). , These side parts delimit a maximum amount of space within the collection container (20) and are arranged so as to be surrounded by the collection container (20) and further upright side parts (1-6)
Side parts (1) for fastening the collecting container (20) to
Device for holding a collection container (20), comprising a holding device (30) connected to ~ 6). 3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the side parts (1-6) can be folded and / or unfolded for partial or complete disassembly. 4. Device according to at least one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the device (1-6) is unrolled into a frame structure. 5. Device according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the side parts (1-6) are at least partly pivoted. 6. Device according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the side parts (1-6) are rectangular. 7. The side parts (1 to 6) in each case form a rectangular frame.
The device according to at least one of: 8. Device according to claim 7, characterized in that several of the rectangular frames corresponding to the side parts (1, 2, 6; 3, 4, 5) are pivotally mounted. 9. Side parts (1-6) are collection containers (2).
Characterized in that the rectangular frame corresponding to the pivotally attached side parts (1, 2, 6; 3, 4, 5) is arranged at a right angle when it is upright in the position for holding 0). An apparatus according to claim 8. 10. Some of the side parts (1-6) are connected so as to form separate side part groups (A, B) or one side part group. The device according to at least one of claims 1 to 9, 11. Two substantially identical side part groups (A, B), each side part group (A, B) comprising three side parts (1, 2, 6; 3, 4,). 5) manufactured from the side parts group (A, B) of the side parts (1,
2, 6; 3, 4, 5) are pivotally attached, and two of the side parts (2, 6; 3, 5) are second side parts (1;
4) can be folded and after folding is arranged on a plane parallel to the connected third side part (1; 4) and bounds this or Device according to claim 10, characterized in that two of them (2, 3; 5, 6) are collapsible so that the collecting container (20) can be removed from the side or front of the device (10). . 12. The holding device (30) comprises side parts (1-6).
Equipped with one or several fastening devices mounted on the collecting container (20) in cooperation with corresponding fastening devices (23) on the collecting container (20). Device according to at least one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that 13. Device according to claim 12, characterized in that the fastening device is constructed as a velcro segment (23), preferably as a strip-shaped velcro segment (23). 14. The upright device (10) comprises a peripheral upper edge, the holding device (30) being arranged in the region of this upper edge, or this upper edge being the holding device (30).
The device according to at least one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that 15. A strip-shaped velcro tape segment (23) is arranged in the region of the upper edge of the side parts (1-6).
4. The device according to 4. 16. A collection container comprises a bottom part (21), a center part (22) and a top part (25), the bottom part (21) fixedly or removably connected to the center part (22). The upper part (25) is
0) can be placed on the central part (22) so as to close, the central part (22) further comprising a fastening device (23) for attaching the collecting container (20) to the device (10). 20) to hold 20)
16. A method of using the device according to at least one of 17. Use according to claim 16, characterized in that the fastening device (23) consists of one or several velcro strips. 18. The fastening device (23) comprises a velcro strip, which is a collecting container (2).
18. Use according to claim 17, characterized in that it extends around the entire outside of the central part (22) in the region of the upper edge (24) of the central part (22) of 0). 19. Uprighting a device (10) for holding a collection container (20); storing the collection container (20) in the device (10);
Alternatively, storing the device (10) in the collecting container (20), and then attaching the collecting container (20) to the device (10) so as to hold the collecting container (20) in an open state, and the collecting container (20). ), And a method for collecting and packaging a reusable package for a filter tow. 20. Method according to claim 19, characterized in that the device (10) is upright around the pallet (7) or is upright or fixed on the pallet (7). 21. Method according to claim 19 or 20, characterized in that the filled collection container (20) is closed. 22. Device (10) for holding a device (10) and a collection (20) according to one of claims 1 to 15.
A packaging system for collecting and packaging reusable packages for filter tow by a collection container (20) comprising.